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Move over Bollywood, audio shows are starting to enter the coveted ‘100 Crores Club’
- ‘Ek Ladki Ko Dekha To', a fictional drama on Pocket FM has amassed a revenue of ₹150 crores
- Another audio show on the same platform, "Insta Millionaire", was the first audio hit to surpass ₹100 crores in earnings
- In a recent funding round, the start-up Pocket FM raised $103 million in the largest deals of 2024 so far
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